Hyperbolic Cooper-Pair Polaritons in Planar Graphene/Cuprate Plasmonic Cavities

Berkowitz, Michael E.; Kim, Brian Y.; Ni, Guangxin; McLeod, Alexander S.; Lo, Chiu Fan Bowen; Sun, Zhiyuan; Gu, Genda; Watanabe, Kenji; Taniguchi, Takashi; Millis, Andrew J.; Hone, James C.; Fogler, Michael M.; Averitt, Richard D.; Basov, D. N.

doi:10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c03684

Hyperbolic Cooper-Pair Polaritons in Planar Graphene/Cuprate Plasmonic Cavities

Journal Article · Mon Dec 14 23:00:00 EST 2020 · Nano Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c03684· OSTI ID:1773134

^[1]; Kim, Brian Y. ^[1]; Ni, Guangxin ^[1]; McLeod, Alexander S. ^[1]; Lo, Chiu Fan Bowen ^[1]; Sun, Zhiyuan ^[1]; ^[2]; ^[3]; ^[3]; Millis, Andrew J. ^[1]; Hone, James C. ^[1]; Fogler, Michael M. ^[4]; Averitt, Richard D. ^[4]; Basov, D. N. ^[1]

Columbia Univ., New York, NY (United States)
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science Dept.
National Inst. for Materials Science (NIMS), Tsukuba (Japan)
Univ. of California, San Diego, CA (United States)

Hyperbolic Cooper-pair polaritons (HCP) in cuprate superconductors are of fundamental interest due to their potential for providing insights into the nature of unconventional superconductivity. In this study, we critically assess an experimental approach using near-field imaging to probe HCP in Bi₂Sr₂CaCu₂O_8+x (Bi-2212) in the presence of graphene surface plasmon polaritons (SPP). Our simulations show that inherently weak HCP features in the near-field can be strongly enhanced when coupled to graphene SPP in layered graphene/hexagonal boron nitride (hBN)/Bi-2212 heterostructures. This enhancement arises from our multilayered structures effectively acting as plasmonic cavities capable of altering collective modes of a layered superconductor by modifying its electromagnetic environment. The degree of enhancement can be selectively controlled by tuning the insulating spacer thickness with atomic precision. Finally, we verify the expected renormalization of room-temperature graphene SPP using near-field infrared imaging. Our modeling, augmented with data, attests to the validity of our approach for probing HCP modes in cuprate superconductors.

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Research Organization:: Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0012704

OSTI ID:: 1773134

Report Number(s):: BNL--221202-2021-JAAM

Journal Information:: Nano Letters, Journal Name: Nano Letters Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 21; ISSN 1530-6984

Publisher:: American Chemical SocietyCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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